Author: Slater Wold
Date: 22:02:40 03/19/02
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On March 20, 2002 at 00:56:15, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On March 19, 2002 at 19:56:39, enrico carrisco wrote: > >>During GM Gulko's post-game analysis of his match with HIARCS 8, a watcher asked >>Gulko to rate the strength of HIARCS 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being >>Kasparov strength. Gulko gave the rating of 6. > >Pretty meaningless because we only have one end of the scale. Sure, 10 is >Kasparov, but what is 1?? Is it the patzer at the local chess club? Is it a >random move generator? Is it 2000, 2500, Karpov, Crafty, ... you take your >pick. Well, when you scale something, 1 is always the worst, and 10 is always the best. Just imagine what the "worst" is in Gulko's mind. And I doubt it's Karpov. > >> >>An odd comparison to say the least, but if anyone can contrast "strength" with >>Kasparov, it would be Gulko. ;) >> >>-elc.
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